CVE-2008-4506
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1 before Fix pack 1 (8.1.0.1) allows a place manager to "demote or delete a place superuser group" via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIBM Lotus Quickr 8.1 contains an authorization flaw where a place manager (a privileged but non-superuser role) can improperly demote or delete a place superuser group, representing a privilege escalation vulnerability. The vulnerability is described as 'unspecified' with unknown attack vectors, but allows elevation of privileges beyond the place manager's intended permissions.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify IBM Lotus Quickr installation versionUse the IBM Lotus Quickr administration interface or check the product version information typically found in the About section of the Quickr administrator console, or query the product version through the administration API if available.Affected if The installed version is exactly 8.1 without any fix packs applied (8.1.0.0).
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Determine if fix pack 1 or later is appliedVerify the full version string including any fix pack identifiers. In IBM Lotus Quickr, the fix pack version typically appears as 8.1.0.1 or higher in the version details.Affected if The version shows 8.1.0.0 with no subsequent fix pack applied, indicating the security patch is not installed.
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Confirm presence of place manager roleAccess the IBM Lotus Quickr places administration panel and review the role assignments for existing places. Check whether any users or groups are assigned the place manager role.Affected if A place manager role exists in any Quickr place, as this role is the prerequisite context for the privilege escalation to occur.
A user is affected if IBM Lotus Quickr is at version 8.1.0.0 without fix pack 1 (8.1.0.1) or later applied, and place manager roles are in use within the environment.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataApply IBM Lotus Quickr 8.1 Fix pack 1 (8.1.0.1) or later to address the vulnerability. Verify that place manager role permissions are correctly scoped post-upgrade.
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